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The high school graduation rate for African-American males in the Atlanta Public School System is less than 50%.
This week on the Georgia Works radio show we take an in-depth look at LEAD. This is the highly successful...

It’s common knowledge that thousands of college scholarships go unused every year.
The question is why?
Likely it’s because many scholarship offers are obscure. Perhaps even more likely it’s because the scholarships...

(updated from original post May 20th 2013)
The inner-city Atlanta youth baseball program (LEAD) started by former professional baseball player CJ Stewart recently held their annual awards night.
The event held at...

A 10-acre farm is going solar in Polk County. This will be the third solar farm in Polk County and should be completed by 2014, according to the Cedartown Standard. The other two solar farms are in Rockmart and...

The word is out. Bass Pro Shops is coming to Augusta and Emerson.
The Columbia County commissioners announced Wednesday that Bass Pro Shops® Outpost will be opening a 50,000 square foot store in the fall of 2014 or...

The Georgia Tech School of Literature, Media, and Communication Technology is hosting the largest Webfest in the Southeast this October.
ATL WEBFEST is geared towards growing the digital film and video production...

Sometimes it’s good to be average.
A new study from a disability insurance company shows Maine to be the most dangerous state for workers.
The study, conducted by the Allsup company, reviewed job-related injury claims...

Teleperformance, a world-wide customer service operator, is adding 130 more jobs to its Augusta facility, as reported by The Augusta Chronicle.
The global company has been operating in a 50,000 square foot building,...

A new Walmart Supercenter off of Cascade Road in South Fulton County began this construction past October, and is now ready to hire at least 250 retail employees.
Fulton County's Housing and Human Services, Office of...